Posted on 10/10/2006 10:45:57 PM PDT by Ol' Sparky
Do you really think that's politically practical?
At beast, 50-50 right now support deportation. And a lot of that support is soft, it'd dissolve under the media barage.
I give up.
Buenos noches, amigo.
Buenos noches, America.
"Do you really think that's politically practical? "
How many of those poor illegals will vote democrat? 70% maybe. Kiss every purple state behind if we legalize them, and thats for generations. Look at the 2000 and 2004 electoral maps and votes a couple states like Florida, and New Mexico getting hundreds of thousands of illegal votes will turn it.
Why doesn't Bush just make commercials for the democrats? This can't help the Republicans...
Ping!
Nope--just following in Reagan's footsteps.
I'm as much for deportation as anyone but you're absolutely correct--people simply can't say so on FR because we're tired of being labelled as someone who's FOR illegal immigration just because we recognize reality.
The folks disagreeing with you refuse to imagine what it'd be like to round up and ship out 12 million people, with 24/7 news coverage that's like the Elian Gonsalez affair X 12 million--crying mothers and children being rounded up by US military men with machine guns.
Flame away, head-in-the-sand types.
We MUST build a wall/fence network. We MUST enforce the laws on the books--particularly those punishing companies that hire illegals. But we also MUST acknowledge reality.
What is wrong with this man? Why on earth is he pulling this country into the gutter?
Supporting an amnesty IS following in Reagan's footsteps. Didn't you know that?
Wanna see the border get shut down toot sweet?
Start a movement so that they can get elected regardless of citizenship status.
If all those fine and upstanding men and women in Washington thought THEIR JOBS were at risk, the wall would be up in a week!
One reason Bush is so low in the polls and Republicans up for election are running away from him -- aside from his reckless spending and creation of huge new entitlements --is that they know full well that his "comprehensive" immigration plan is nothing but AMNESTY!
His failure to secure our borders has brought us economic, social, and cultural chaos. Further, in an age of international terrorism this has amounted to criminal negligence.
If some terrorists walk across the border with the millions of other illegals and mass massacre Americans he should and will be impeached.
The "we can't deport 12 million illegals" argument, is simply to get everyone to say that we must ergo, then give them a path to citizenship.
Problem one, is there are 40 to 50 million here, not 12 million.
Problem two, is most of them are not going to give a good damn. No one is forcing them to do anything now....why should they even show up to apply for citizenship.
Problem three, is the mere mention by the president of amnesty, invites untold more millions here. All they need do is be here to eventually get citizenship.
Problem four, is that the INS can't even keep track of overstayed visas. There is no way in hell they will be able to keep track of this train wreck.
I am beginning to wonder if this issue is so dear to him that he would try and throw this election to the democrats so his amnesty bill can pass. These comments will only demoralize law and order Republicans with less than a month before the election.
"Why doesn't Bush just make commercials for the democrats?"
What do you think this is?
He is certainly playing in the Democrats hands, because the media loves running these articles, hoping to suppress Republican votes.
ping
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